Compulsion

Compulsion (1959)

Genres - Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Courtroom, Film Noir, Legal Drama, Trial Film  |   Release Date - May 1, 1959  |   Run Time - 103 min.  |   Countries - United States of America  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Compulsion is a 1959 American crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. The film is based on the 1956 novel by Meyer Levin, which in turn was a fictionalized account of the Leopold and Loeb murder trial. It was the first film produced by Richard D. Zanuck.

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Themes

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Courtroom, Film Based On A Novel, Loeb, Richard, Stockwell, True Stories

Attributes

Based On: Compulsion
Filming Location: Chicago, Los Angeles
Narrative Location: Chicago
Subject: capital punishment

Alternate Titles

Bez emocji
PL
Brottslig drift
SE
Compulsión
AR, MX
Compulsion
AU, CA, NL, RO, GB, US
De amoralske
DK
Der Zwang zum Bösen
AT, DE
Estranha Compulsão
BR
Estranha Obsessão
BR
Frenesia del delitto
IT
Impulso criminal
ES
Le génie du mal
FR
O Génio do Mal
PT
Rikollinen vietti
FI
Syntrofoi tou kakou
GR
Насилие
, RU
Фикс-идея
BG
強迫/ロープ殺人事件
JP